The Korea Exchange (KRX) will host trading under South Korea's emissions trading scheme, set to become the world's second biggest when it launches on Jan. 1, 2015, the Ministry of Environment said Monday.
KRX, the nation's only securities exchange, won the bid to service the nation's carbon market ahead of the Korea Power Exchange, a senior government official told Reuters. The scheme will cap greenhouse gas emissions from over 400 of South Korea's biggest polluters, mainly power generators and manufacturers...............................................Full Article: Source